St. Nicholas December 2020 Monthly Update For the full monthly update, click here My Beloved Brothers and Sisters in Christ, The Feast of Saint Nicholas is just behind us, and our Saint Nicholas National Shrine is moving quickly along on its journey to completion. The Friends of St. Nicholas have shown exceptional skill in their leadership of the project, and their cooperation with the…

The online platform Pemptousia and the Orthodoxia Νews Αgency continue to post documentaries, features and news footage from the archives of the St. Maximus the Greek Institute, with a new item posted every day at 9 p.m. Athens time. Videos include a procession of the Holy Cincture of the Theotokos, the Virgin Mary, to various…

A scientific advisory committee comprised of Orthodox Christian Health Care Providers from around the world, in cooperation with the St. Maximus the Greek Institute, will initiate actions dealing with scientific evaluation and the presentation of information to the public regarding the ongoing pandemic. A relevant press release noted that “…The St. Maxim the Greek Institute…

Nearly 84,000 vials of the Pfizer-BioNtech coronavirus vaccine arrived in Greece on Tuesday morning aboard a chartered flight, which landed at the Athens International Airport. After the first inoculations on Sunday in Athens, the vaccination campaign will now commence in regional cities around Greece.

The Church today venerates the memory of the 14,000 infants, the Holy Innocents, slain by the villainous Herod in Bethlehem. Today is also the feast day of Our Righteous Father Marcellus, Abbot of the Monastery of the Unsleeping Ones.

An anxiously awaited amendment to a controversial law passed by the previous Montenegro government were ratified by a majority of deputies in the small Adriatic country’s parliament this week. The law, which had been billed as dealing with religious freedoms, was sharply criticized and strongly opposed by the Orthodox Church in Montenegro, with hierarchs warning…

The Metropolitan of Kastoria Seraphim reposed in the Lord in the early morning hours of Tuesday, at the age of 61. The reposed Metropolitan had tested positive for Covid-19 in early December and was transferred to a military hospital in the northern city of Thessaloniki on Dec. 8 as a precaution. Subsequently, attending physicians recommended…

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On Monday, December 28, 2020, the online magazine Pemptousia co-organized the first e-meeting, or assembly, from Mount Athos with the Elder Archimandrite Ephraim, the Abbot of the Holy and Great Monastery of Vatopedi, and the Orthodox and Greek Tradition Group of the University of Cyprus. A simultaneous translation was available from Greek to both English…